A/N sorry for the long wait I have two other fics I'm working on as well as college classes so Iwill be updating it just won't be all that fast. But I haven't stopped any of my writing.
CHAPTER 7 Revenge
Naruto once again stared out the back of the pelican watching the water below them go by in a blur.
'Almost, we are so close to getting that bastard for whipping out 9th fox.' Naruto said to himself 'just need to take out this shield and we have a straight shot at him' he thought as he looked around the troop bay of the pelican. His squad checking and rechecking their weapons and gear, with Johnson up at the cockpit talking to the pilots, Karin had stayed behind to go over the data they had collected. Just then the pelican rocked from incoming enemy anti air fire.
"Get your asses in gear we're coming in hot!" Johnson yelled from the front.
"You heard him, final weapons and ammo checks." Naruto called out "Once we hit that beach we are none stop till we get that control room."
He felt the pelican slow down and drop in altitude and the moment the bird hit ground the entire squad along with Johnson dashed out of the back and spread out as the pelican took off again and away over the ocean.
The squad all rushed to cover just below the ramp leading up to the shield control room.
"Kiba get some H.E. on that turret!" Naruto yelled as a plasma turret fired down on them from above.
"On it." Kiba called back as he fired his grenade launcher hitting the turret dead on making it erupt in flames
"Good shot." Naruto called out "Sasuke move around the other side and flank them." at this Sasuke didn't say anything as his team rushed around to the right and up the far ramp. "alright lay it on keep them on us!"
The rest of the squad erupted unloading on the brutes that were firing down on them keeping their heads down. Just then Naruto saw Sasuke's team rush up on the protruding balcony the split the two ramps and fired down on the brutes.
"Cease fire!" Naruto yelled throwing up his hand from his chest then in front of his face for a hand signal "Cease fire!" as he called out the rest of the squad cut their fire as Sasuke finished off the rest of the brutes.
Naruto and second and third teams along with Johnson ran up the ramp meeting up with Sasuke's team.
"Good job." Johnson said
"It's what we do." Naruto shrugged
"Hell if you keep this up you could be looking at a commission." Johnson chuckled
"Naw give me a squad and send me toward the fight." Naruto said
"Then, hell send that commission my way." Sasuke laughs
"Ha I just might." Johnson laughs back
"I'll never call you sir." Naruto shot back with a grin as they walked into the empty lower floor of the relay station.
"Oh yes you will and you'll like it." Sasuke grinned back getting Naruto to shake his head as they came up to an elevator shaft.
"Alright looks just big enough for a fire team. I don't want us bunched up in here, so Kiba Shikamaru you two keep your teams down here and hold our exit. I'm sure those big apes will be sending a counter attack to retake this place soon."
"Got it." Both of them said as they took their teams away
"Alright that leave your team myself and Johnson." Naruto said as he walked into the elevator. Once everyone was on board Naruto walked over to the control panel
"Going up." Fox said as he appeared on Naruto's data pad on his shoulder and the elevator began to rise.
"Alright I know it's tight but get some dispersion in here." Naruto said as everyone hugged the walls and pointed their weapons at the exit. Naruto pulled out a frag as well as Sasuke and both pulled the pin. The moment the elevator stopped plasma fire erupted into the center of their exit and they tossed the grenades. Once they heard the booms of the grenades they burst through the exit firing at anything that moved.
After a few minutes the fire died down they cleared out the rest of the area and pushed toward the control panel. They walked slowly down the hall toward it but something seemed off.
"Something ain't right." Naruto said as he looked around
"What is it?" Johnson asked
"You would think they would have more guys guarding this thing." Naruto said
"Maybe they under estimated us because we didn't have the chief." Sasuke said
"But how would they know where the chief…" Naruto began but caught a glimmer of light on the side of the hall "Shit cloaking!" Naruto yelled as he fired a burst at where the glimmer was revealing a brute who fell to his knees from the bullet wounds. Once that happened the rest of the brutes decloaked and began to fire at them.
"Shit fall back there are too many." Naruto yelled "They set up a trap, probably trying to catch the chief in it."
"Shit we can't lose this ground." Johnson yelled
"It's either that or die, we fall back and will regroup and find another way." Naruto said as the rest of the team fell back once they made it to the elevator everyone was in except Naruto. Just then a plasma grenade landed next to him causing him to jump to cover. When he looked up he saw he was cut off from the rest of the team by the plasma being fired by the brutes.
"Shit go, get down there." Naruto yelled as they fired from the elevator
"No we aren't leaving you!" Sasuke yelled as he fired again but had to pull back from getting hit.
"Fox activate the lift get them out of here." Naruto said
"Got it." Fox said as the doors to the elevator closed and it went down. "so what is your plan for getting us out of this one?"
"Don't know if I can." Naruto replied as he swung up and fired at the brutes killing one as they fired on him again. But as he was reloading a plasma grenade blew up on the other side of a crate he was hiding behind throwing it and him away, as everything went black.
"Damn't Namikaze!" Sasuke yelled into his radio as his team went down the elevator
"Johnson." Came the Commanders voice over the radio
"Send it ma'am" Johnson replied into his radio
"Need a status report on your progress." She said
"Negative ma'am we ran into an ambush when we got up top." Johnson replied "Namikaze is MIA"
"Standby, the Chief is on his way." Keys replied
"Damn't by the time he gets here Namikaze will be dead!" Sasuke said
"And if you go up without back up there will be more casuilties." Johnson said "and do you think Namikaze would want you guys to die in vain for a dead body."
At hearing this Sasuke shut his mouth and walked off toward the exit pissed off. They took a few moments and waited till the Chief arrived on a hornet. Once he jumped off the side it took off as he walked up to the squad.
"Bout time Chief let's get up there." Sasuke said in an irritated tone as he walked over to the elevator. At this the chief just looked over at Johnson with a questioning look.
"Namikaze got stuck up there alone." Johnson said as the chief just nodded and followed him to the elevator with the rest of first team.
They took the elevator but this time when the doors opened they were met with intense fire. The team took cover at the edges of the elevator firing back. The Chief took a few hits to his shields as he bolted out of the elevator firing back killing a few grunts creating an opening for the rest of the team to push forward behind him. They pushed further and further into the control area when Sasuke looked around trying to at least find Naruto's body. That's when he saw Naruto's helmet, he quickly dashed over and found the helmet laying there with his SMG, his fighting knives and Vera (his stockless shotgun). That was when Sasuke checked his HUD and saw Naruto's Friend of Foe indicator moving away from them toward the back of the area in the direction of the shields.
"Chief!" Sasuke Called out getting the big man to look back "Namikaze may still be alive can you and Johnson handle the shield control while we go after him?"
"Not a problem." Chief said as Sasuke nodded and waved to his team to head for the back where Naruto's transponder was coming from.
They ran down the halls getting closer and closer to the transponder 'damn't you better be alive you dupe' Sasuke said to himself has the doors in front of him slide open and they came into a hanger where a group of brutes where loading onto a phantom. That was when they saw Naruto over one of the brute's shoulders as it was picked up by the phantom and it took off.
Just then a jackal spotted them and gave a screech and began to fire at them but was quickly killed. But it was too late as the rest of the covenant forces began to fire at them. After a quick fire fight they finished off the grunts and jackals that had remained behind. Everyone ran to the edge of the hanger and looked out and watched as the phantom that had Naruto on it flew toward the center building.
"Guess that's our next stop." Sasuke said as he turned around and headed back to where the Chief was, stopping to pick up Naruto's gear as he walked over to the elevator. Sasuke looked over at the chief as he walked toward them but something else caught his eye and made them go wide.
Just outside the massive window the massive holy city High Charity appeared out of the portal and it began breaking up as it blew by the now down shields. One of the broken pieces came hurtling toward them. The piece of debris smashed through the window and broke apart as it smashed into the room. As they looked at the damage small infectious balloon looking flood began to scurry around and started to infect the dead bodies of the brutes created by the chief.
"Ah shit not again!" Sasuke yelled as he open fired on the rising brutes
"A damn't wasn't once enough." Suigetsu whined
"Once? Hell this is the fourth time for us." Sasuke said as the Chief got in to the elevator and it closed bringing them down.
Once the elevator opened they heard gun fire coming from the entrance. They all ran toward it and found the rest of the squad holding off the flood. After a few minutes of fighting the remaining flood was dealt with and they headed over to a ravine headed toward the building they had seen the phantom that had Naruto headed toward. Just then they heard the roar of Pelicans as a group of them carrying scorpions and warthogs. Once the vehicles were detached second squad jumped off the pelicans and occupied the vehicles as first squad got into the others. Sasuke walked up to his brother who was still coordinating things.
"Where is Namikaze?" Itachi asked
"Captured." Sasuke said
"So that puts you in charge of first squad then?" Itachi stated more than asked
"Yes it does." Sasuke replied
"Alright I'll stay here and coordinate a few things, you move up with the rest of my squad." Itachi said as he walked toward some pelicans that were coming in.
Sasuke turned and walked over to the passenger side of one of the hogs and got on his radio and said "Alright every one stick behind the chief. He will punch a hole through these bastards with the tank and once it opens up we will punch out and use our maneuverability to flank them and he will give us cover fire."
Once his orders were given the vehicles began to move out in the order Sasuke had said with the Chief taking out most of what got in their way and the hogs mopping up the rest. After awhile they came to an open area in front of the main building.
"Alright punch it down there and wipe out any stragglers while the Chief picks them off with the tank." Sasuke said as he had his hog pull up so he could look down on the clearing and coordinate them. After a short time the remaining covenant forces where finished off Sasuke began to walk to his hog when he heard a crash and turned to see not one but two scarabs down below.
"Ah shit" He cursed as the Chief began firing on them "damn't get to cover so those fucking things don't wipe us out." Fortunately everyone got behind cover before the scarabs had recovered from their landing.
Just then a pair of hornets landed beside his hog and scorpion with his brother standing on the skid of one.
"Hey guys need a lift?" Itachi asked
"Thought you'd never ask." Sasuke said as the chief got out of his tank and walked over "Kiba get on that scorpion and give us some covering fire."
"Got it." Kiba said as he jumped out of the driver's seat and ran toward the scorpion
Sasuke got on the other side of the hornet his brother was on. Once the passengers were on, the two air vehicles lifted off and headed to separate scarabs. The moment they got close the scarabs opened up on them.
"Damn't can't get close enough with that much fire power on us." The pilot called over the radio
"Kiba we really need that cover fire." Sasuke called over his radio
"I only got one turret on this thing can only cover one at a time." Kiba called back over the radio
"Damn't first squad I need a distraction get your hogs moving and don't stop for them to get a bead on you." Sasuke called as the hogs of first squad shot out and began to zip around under the scarabs and began firing on them drawing the attention away from the hornets.
"You too second squad can't let first show us up." Itachi called as well and the rest of the hogs bolted out.
Once the fire on them had lightened up they got right over the scarabs backs and jumped down. The two brothers quickly made their way down killing everything that stood in their way. Once they made it to the core they fired on its shields causing the scarab to drop down. They laid C7 on the core itself and made their way off the scarab
"I need a pickup." Sasuke called over the radio as him and his brother jumped off the scarab and did a rolling land off the monstrosity. Once they were on their feet a hog skidded to a stop in front of them. They jumped on the sides and held on for dear life as it bolted away getting behind cover just before the pair blew up.
Once the smoke had settled the two squads along with the chief made their way to the main build. Just then a pair of pelicans and a phantom landed in front of them. Once the phantom had landed the Arbiter came out of it and it took off again.
"It seems I've missed all the 'fun' as you humans would put it." The Arbiter said
"You could say that." Sasuke replied
"Alright you guys with me let the chief and the Arbiter handle this." Johnson said as he walked toward the pelicans. Second squad walked over to the pelican without question while first stood their ground.
"No we need to go get Namikaze." Sasuke said
"The chief will handle that we need you to help pull out other units that are dealing with the flood. You have the most experience with them." Johnson said
"No we won't leave him." Sasuke said getting pissed
"That is an order marine." Johnson said walking up to Sasuke staring at him through his visor neither one backing down. When the Chief walked up behind Sasuke and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry I'll get him out of there go others need your help." The Chief said getting Sasuke to slouch in defeat and walk toward the opposite pelican than second squad and Johnson.
Once they were aboard the pelicans and away the chief turned toward the control room and began the walk up the stairs with the Arbiter.
Naruto found himself inside the command center of the ark. He looked around and saw a handful of Brutes around and the Prophet of Truth next to him on his hover chair.
"Place your hand on the counsel and activate the rings so we may begin the great journey." Truth said as Naruto just looked at him
"Really? Why can't you do it?" Naruto asked
"Because the gods have only bestowed the ability to operate their holy relics to you filthy humans." Truth said
"So wouldn't that make us the true bringers of the journey? The ones to reclaim what was left behind?" Naruto said with a smirk.
"No simply the gods made a mistake to choose you over use true believers who rightfully belong at their side." Truth ranted
"But I thought gods were perfect without fault?" Naruto replied
"They are." Truth shot back
"But then why did they choose us over you?" Naruto said with a raised eyebrow.
"Because you strayed from the path of righteousness and we must purge those who stray from the path." Truth said as gun and plasma fire was heard from across the massive room
"Sounds like the strays have found a path and it leads to your death." Naruto said with a smile
"It won't matter you will activate the rings and begin the journey." Truth said as he pulled out a spiker. "or you will die."
"Fine fine." Naruto said as he placed his hand on the counsel and everything came to life
"Yes the great journey has begun!" Truth cried out as the Chief and the Arbiter ran up to the command counsel. "You are too late it is over." Truth cried out with a smile
"You're right it is over." Naruto said with a grin as everything turned an orangeish red and an image of a nine tailed fox appeared on the command council.
Truth's eyes widened in shock as Naruto quickly dropped down and pulled a folded up butterfly knife out of his boot and swung it open, stabbing it into the closest brutes neck cutting across making it grasp for his last breath as he grabbed Truth by the head and put the blade to his neck.
"Look I have destroyed everything you have worked for. Your great journey it stops here. The two of us will have our vengeance on you." Naruto said as he dug his blade into Truth's neck drawing blood.
"You used me as a weapon and nearly destroyed me for your own agenda." Fox said looking down from the command council. "now I have destroyed everything you have worked for."
"And under your orders you nearly destroyed my entire race. But you personally activated him as a weapon against my unit, my family. Now they will be avenged by myself and the weapon you used to destroy them." Naruto said as he dug the blade deeper into Truth's neck all the way to the bone and ripped it from one side to the other letting his blood flow and dropping his body to the floor as it gasped for breath and died.
"HAHAHAHAHHA" Came lower defining voice as flood combat forms walked toward the command council. "nothing will stand in my way now."
"Chief, you got an exit strategy right?" Naruto asked as he picked up a brute spiker and aimed it and the closing flood.
"Not exactly." The Chief said when out of nowhere a pelican smashed though the massive window behind the control council. It swung its back end around and set down unloading the squad of helljumepers in its troop bay. The helljumpers ripped apart all the flood as the Chief, Naruto, and the Arbiter ran toward it and quickly got on board as it took off again out the window.
"Well guess you owe me one now." Sasuke said as Naruto sat down.
"I'll just mark it off the times you owe me." Naruto laughed as Sasuke tossed him his gear.
"Yeah yeah just get your shit together." Sasuke replied with a laugh.
"Hey kid we need to deal with this and I have just the way." Fox said
'Yeah what is it.' Naruto replied in his head
"Ah chief you might want to see this." Came the pilots voice making the Chief walk to the cockpit, quickly followed by Naruto who also saw a brand new Halo ring still under construction.
"So chief you got the same idea I do?" Naruto asked the chief.
"Yeah we light it." The Chief replied
"Glad to be on the same page." Naruto said as he put his helmet back on.
END CHAPTER 7
